Do you suffer from Shiny Bright New Object Syndrome ??? I know I most certainly do. I sit down at the computer and I have some specific goals in mind in relation to my genealogical research and of course this blog. When I started researching my family history, I uncovered more than names and dates. I discovered real people with stories that needed to be told. I started this blog as a means to share those stories with members of my family.

Anyone that knows me, will tell you I’m not known as being organised or disciplined. I’m definitely not known as a “writer”. In school I was the kid madly scribbling her homework at the last minute while lining up outside the classroom. At university most of my augments were completed in the early hours of the day they were due. And of course there’s the blaring omission – as a PhD student I conducted research in the field of molecular genetics, I even had papers published – BUT I never sat down and wrote my thesis. So I think it’s well established that I’m not a “writer”.

So when I came across Amy Johnson’s 52 Ancestors in 52 weeks challenge I thought it was the tailor made solution for me. Each week a prompt would be published. Each week I’d write a blog post inspired by that prompt. Even little old undisciplined me could manage to write one post a week – yes ???

Well… turns out…No!! The challenge is now up to week 17. I’m up to …. wait for it ….
Week 6 !!! At least I’m consistent.

I sit down at the computer and I get distracted by Shiny Bright New Objects. My latest SBNO took hold when my sister’s DNA results were processed. I entered into the world of Visual Phasing and DNA mapping and its been all consuming for the last month. So far, using my sister’s DNA results and those of a few cousins, I’ve mapped 57% of my DNA to my 4 grandparents (see below).

Definitely a work in progress, but it’s a good start. Now to catch up on those 52 ancestor in 52 week posts….